Articles from the March 13, 2019 edition

People who felt the loss of convenience when The Variety Store in Grand Coulee closed down will welcome the news that a new proprietor will open a new store by the same name in the same building. Launi Ritter, who had attempted to come to rental term...

Darnell Sam has been appointed to the Nespelem District Position #2 on the Colville Business Council, following the expulsion of Andrea George, who had filled that position. The CBC named Sam to the council seat following a 94-53 vote by tribal membe...

Discipline issues at Lake Roosevelt Elementary School are going down, and students are performing better in English Language Arts and math, according to the principal. Principal Lisa Lakin spoke to the Grand Coulee Dam Area School District board of...

Out of five candidates, Kirk Marshlain has been chosen as the new Lake Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School principal. The Grand Coulee Dam School District board approved giving Superintendent Paul Turner the go-ahead to hire Marshlain at their March...

We would like to thank all the volunteers who have helped with all our projects over the past 32 years; you are the ones that made the projects a success. Thank you. Due to the lack of someone to manage the fish pens, the board of directors has...

Term limits, change, whatever you want! Now is the time. Every day, I hear people want term limits. If you read last week’s Star, you see many, many open volunteer vacancies in local organizations, cities, boards, etc. Now is the time for you, or...

The fight goes on… the debate is vitiated by empty minds and thoughtless reason(s). Elmer City argues that Coulee has taken advantage by over-charges/invoicing by violating the 1975 agreement. On the other hand, Coulee Dam has lost some of the desi...

I recently sat down with Senior Terry Yazzie and we talked about a variety of topics. The outcome of our talk was this: This is a young man I wish I could have gotten to know better. He has a great se...

Twenty Years Ago Hospital Park is a park no more – Grand Coulee’s city council approved the sale of the park Tuesday night to Grant County. Grand Coulee Dam is the first dam chosen in a worldwide study of the environmental effects caused by...

There will be a memorial service for Lena Mae at Coulee Dam Community Church in Coulee Dam, Washington, on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at 1 p.m. Lena Mae passed away Sunday, February 24, 2019.... Full story

Marie Kateri Grant, 95, beloved and respected Elder, left us Wednesday morning, February 27, 2019, from Nespelem, Washington. Marie was born Wednesday, January 16, 1924, to Moses and Alice Francis... Full story

Chad and Emily Hertenstein of Grand Coulee, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Kinsley Faye Hertenstein born Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs., 4 oz., and was 19 inches... Full story

Bailey and Scott Rosco of Nespelem, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son Bearyn D. Rosco, born Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 7 lbs., 8.5 oz., and was 19.5 inches in... Full story

Chamber This Week There will be no Chamber meeting this week due to the Installation Banquet being held on Thursday, March 13, at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille beginning at 6 p.m. The public is welcome. Lincoln County Fire Dist. 9 to Meet Lincoln...

An era of Raider wrestling is ending with the coming retirement of Coach Steve Hood, whose professional and personal life was shaped by the sport he viewed as a means to help shape young lives. "It's...

Mansfield School District PUBLIC NOTICE In compliance with RCW 39.04.155, applications are being accepted from contractors who wish to be placed on the Mansfield School District Small Works Roster for projects estimated to cost less than $300,000....

Grand Coulee 3/4 - A man said he had been kicked out of his grandmother’s Dill Avenue house, and that his girlfriend was still there, felt unsafe, and wasn’t allowed to leave. The man also said he was told his uncles would kill him on the...